Mental Control Laboratory (original) (raw)

Department of Psychology
William James Hall
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138

Director: Daniel M. Wegner

Graduate Researchers:

Jeff Ebert
Kurt Gray
Sadia Najmi
Betsy Sparrow

Postdoctoral Researchers:

Lab Coordinator: Beth Mela

Phone: 617-496-2595

To learn how people control their minds, our research explores:

Mind Perception--how people perceive minds, both their own and those of others

Mental Control--the strategies people use to influence their own thoughts, emotions, and actions

Apparent Mental Causation--the experience of consciously willing actions, thoughts, and events